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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:10 am

R16 with a great start now...
Kasatkina, Svitolina and Ostapenko have appeared on court....

I want Kasatkina to win (she could enter the top12 in this event, giving her an "easier" R16 draw at RG as she would avoid the top 4 at that stage).
But I got a feeling that Svitolina may do very well here...
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:22 am

Both playing really well, and Kasatkina has no problems in finding the court, no matter what shot she executes.

So a deserved 3-0 lead for Darya in Set#1...
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:26 am

And Kasatkina breaks again (on love!).. 4-0...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#This has been one of her best performances so far... #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Edit: and another love-game puts her on 5-0... Wham-bam.... every shot works : high balls, low balls, slices, lobs... DTL, crosscourt...#ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Name it and she delivers...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl#
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:35 am

A bagel with three love games in a row...

now fearing a drop of level in set 2... I know Darya by now
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:36 am

And she delivers (as feared): Elina breaks right at the start with a love-game.
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:50 am

Halep into the QF because Madison Keys withdraws with rib injury.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#And despite playing really well in this set, Elina was not able to keep the break:#ed_op#br#ed_cl#6-0 3-2 for Kasatkina...#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Svitolina faced BPs in every service game so far, and could avoid the break only once... #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl#
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 4:54 am

From the on-court coaching I get the impression that Svitolina is getting a bit desperate. Yet imo Svitolina is playing really well.
Kasatkina is just better atm...
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Post by Graveller » May Thu 17, 2018 6:01 am

OMG, Kasatkina.... when she was leading 3-2 in the second, I never saw it coming that she would only win 3 more games...

Svitolina wins. Deserved, but if Kasatkina had played like she did in Set 1, she never would have lost this.

A match where you can see the good and the bad parts of Kasatkina.


Oh well, I always say that the era of the 1997 generation really starts in 2020 - all that we get before then, is a bonus.
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Post by Grossefavourite » May Thu 17, 2018 8:26 am

Why does Vee struggle against Kontaveit?

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Post by rex » May Thu 17, 2018 8:52 am

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